Eighteen Students Named In Philolexian Election Philolexian elections of eighteen new students, raising membership in the one hundred and forty-two year, old society, third oldest college literary group in America, to twenty-seven, took place recently under the guidance of Theodore Hoffman, retiring chairman. ' During the meeting Walter Adams was named chairman protem until the society could become reorganized sufficiently to hold a definite election. Plans are under way for a Philolexian editorial board to run Jester-Re-view, although this does not eliminate outside contributions. Newly elected members are as follows: John Crossett, Robert Gutmann, Jay Vogelbaum, Arthur Armstrong, William Garrett, Lale Andrews, Lucien Can-, Matt Kenny, Allen Ginsberg, Rudolph Binion, Ralph Gladstone, William Jocelyn, Joseph Duffy, Jerry Rothenberg, Ernest Schwartz, Spurgeon Keany, Arthur Lazarus,…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1944-06-02 →

Smith, Hoffman Win Philolexion Prizes Grover Smith Jr. and Theodore Hoffman won the annual prizes awarded by the Philolexian Society for outstanding work in prose and poetry respectively it was announced late last week by Professor Henry K. Dick of the Department of English. Smith's group of poems, including the prize winner, "The Unloved," was chosen above all others submitted, netting him approximately $3O. Hoffman, editor-in-chief of Jester-Review, won the prose prize with his story entitled "A Bout With The Beasles."

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1944-06-16 →

New Jester-Review Board Submitted By Philolexians Needs Approval of Hoffman, Lawrence, Society Elects Wietzner, Ginsberg, Crosset As Next Year's Officers Philolexian merged its revived organization with JesterReview officially last week by electing new officers for the Society and selecting an editorial panel for the magazine to be submitted to Theodore Hoffman and Seymour Lawrence, out-going Jester-Review editorial board, for final approval. In the Society's own elections, held in the Browsing Room on the third floor of South Hall, Richard Weitzner was chosen president, Allen Ginsberg vicepresident, and John Crossett as Treasurer. The appointment of Mr. Benjamin Hubbard as permanent secretary of the organization was announced and confirmed. As the initial move in bringing the editorial control of JesterReview under Philolexian hands, a panel of editors was chosen for submission…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1944-08-04 →

Vinciguerra also read congratulatory letters from Philo alumni Ben Stein '66 (see page 16) and Ted Hoffmann '44, who could not attend the dinner.

One of two Philo alumni whose congratulatory letters were read aloud at the bicentennial dinner by Thomas Vinciguerra. CCT spells his surname 'Hoffmann' (double n); our roll has 'Hoffman' (single n).

Columbia College Today — vol. 43 (2002), Philolexian bicentennial dinner report →

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141st year of the Society (1943) · Confidence: CERTAIN